Table attachment for bedsteads.



No. 876,041. PATENTBD JAN. '7, 1908. A. 0. GROSNO.

TABLE ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1 8. 1907.

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ALVIN OTTO OROSNO, OF MODE, ILLINOIS.

TABLE ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed September 18,1907- Serial No. 393.551.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,ALv1N O'r'ro CRosNo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mode, in the county of Shelby and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Table Attachments forBedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a table adaptedfor attachment to a bedstead and designed especially for use of invalidsand others desiring to have a table convenientlylocated with referenceto the bed, upon which articles may be placed for ready access to aperson lying in bed.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically delined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a perspective view showing the application of my invention to therail of a bedstead. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective View of theinvention. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of a portion of theapparatus which attaches to the rail, and Fig. 4 is a cross sectionalview through the rail and showing the clamping means for engaging thesame.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the side rail of a bedstead, which rail is made preferably ofangular form and of metal, and B designates a metallic plate havingangled ends B which are apertured to receive the rod O.

B designates a screw fitted in a boss upon one of said ends and adaptedto hold the rod 0 in an adjusted position. Said rod is connected at itsupper end to a forked rod D, having two arms D extending horizontallyand spaced apart.

The plate B is adapted to cooperate with anangled plate E as clampingmeans, whereby the two plates may be held to the bedstead in the mannershown clearly in the drawings. The plate B has a laterally extending andhorizontally disposed plate B which is adapted to contact with the undersurface of the bed rail and the horizontally disposed portion of theangled plate E is adapted to bear against the upper edge of the lateralextension of the angled rail of the bedstead. The two horizontallydisposed portions of the plates B and E are provided with registeringapertures which are threaded and adapted to receive the screws F,whereby the two plates may be held in clamping relation with the upperand lower surfaces of the laterally extending portion of the angledrail; and a scrowF passes through registering apertures in the uprightportions of said plates and serves as means to clamp the plates againstthe opposite faces of the up right portion of the rail.

Projecting from the rear edge of the lateral extension B are the bracerods B which connect with the angled ends of said plates, as shownclearly in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings.

Mounted to have a sliding movement upon the arms D of the forked .rod Dis a table holding rack comprising four socket members ll, which areapertured to receive said arms, and H designates thumb screws, onecarried by each socket member and adapted to frictionally engage an armto hold the rack in an adjusted position. K and K designate twoadditional socket members, the former of which is positioned below thearms D and is connected by the rods N with the socket members I-I, whilethe socket member K is also connected with said members H by means ofthe rods 0. socket members K and K is provided with an aperture whichare in registration and adapted to receive the table supporting rod Q,the upper end of which has radially eX- tending fingers Q, to which thetable R, illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, is adapted to beattached. A thumb screw S is mounted in a threaded aperture in thesocket member K and is adapted to bear frictionally against the rod Q tohold the same in an adjusted position.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that, by the provision of a tableholding device as shown and described, an ellicient mechanism isafforded which may be easily and quickly attached to any bedstead and soarranged that the table may be swung to an adjustment in convenientlocation to hold articles within ready reach of a person lying upon thebed.

Each of the two It will be understood that the means for clamping thedevice to'a bedstead may be varied as to detailsof construction, inorder to adapt the apparatus for attachment to bedsteads of variousmakes.

What I claim is 2* 1. A table attachment for bedsteads comprising, incombination with the rail of a bed stead, a clamping plate having alateral extension for engagement with the under surface of the rail,apertured angled portions upon said plate, a rod adjustably held in saidapertures, a second plate which is angled and adapted to contact withthe opposite face of the rail, screws passing through registeringthreaded apertures in the plates whereby the latter may be securely heldto the rail, rods connecting the angled ends of the plate with theportion thereof which engages the under surface of the, rail,horizontally projecting arms upon said adjustably held rod, a rackcomprising a plurality of socket members having registering apertures toreceive said arms, a table holding rod, socket members in which saidtable'holding rod is adjustably held intermediate the arms, andconnections between said socket members, as set forth.

2. A table attachment for bedsteads com .tension for engagement with theunder surface of the rail, apertured angled portions upon said plate, arod adjustably held in said apertures, a second plate which is angledand adapted to contact with the opposite face of the rail, screwspassing through registering threaded apertures in the plates whereby thelatter may be securely held to the rail, rods connecting the angled endsof the plate with the portion thereof which engages the under surface ofthe rail, horizontally projecting arms upon said adjustably held rod, .arack comprising a plurality of socket members having registeringapertures to receive said arms, a table holding rod, socket members inwhich said table holding rod is adjustably held intermediate the arms,and rods disposed at inclinations and connecting the socket members, asset forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affiX my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ALVIN OTTO CROSNO.

lVitnesses:

CLEMENT HAWK, C. B. OLABAUGH,

